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Traditional songs to learn?
Feldman's "Music of the Ottoman Court" (only available in libraries) covers a lot of this, particula ...
10-21-2019 at 11:57 PM
by: Jack_Campin
oud tecnique books or links
You could try this (in French):

https://www.jjrebillard.fr/Mobile/la-methode-de-oud-c2x9240631

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10-6-2019 at 02:55 PM
by: Jack_Campin
What is this electro-acoustic oud?
I don't recall seeing one like the one in this clip before. Nothing very amazing about the sound bu ...
9-29-2019 at 05:31 AM
by: Jack_Campin
Inside Arabic Music
Just got my copy, it's out in the UK now - looks fantastic.
9-27-2019 at 02:07 PM
by: Jack_Campin
F to f tuning
Too blurry to make out the letters on my phone. What is it, F Bb D g c f ?
9-27-2019 at 05:14 AM
by: Jack_Campin
Cümbüş SBD - Handcrafted oud with cumbus body steel
I had the instrument refurbished by a really expert banjo technician, probably the best in Scotland, ...
9-22-2019 at 10:58 PM
by: Jack_Campin
Arabic violin - tunings & string types
I heard Yair Dalal talking about this a few weeks ago. He uses Dominant for the lower strings and P ...
9-22-2019 at 01:31 PM
by: Jack_Campin
Cümbüş SBD - Handcrafted oud with cumbus body steel
I have two cümbüşes, one with a natural skin. It sounds great but its tuning is horribly ...
9-16-2019 at 05:39 AM
by: Jack_Campin
string material transitions through history
Comparison video for different kinds of strings on a violoncello da spalla, which is roughly oud-siz ...
9-3-2019 at 01:57 PM
by: Jack_Campin
Are slots in the nut necessary/common?
I didn't take a photo, but Csibi Szabolcs is the guy I watched wielding a pocket knife:

https://w ...
8-24-2019 at 01:00 PM
by: Jack_Campin
Are slots in the nut necessary/common?
I asked this a while back, about the Romanian cobza/Hungarian koboz. As they come from the Reghin f ...
8-23-2019 at 10:16 PM
by: Jack_Campin
Inside Arabic Music
Thanks! I didn't spot that at first.
8-11-2019 at 10:24 PM
by: Jack_Campin
Inside Arabic Music
Publisher's page, if like me you would rather not patronize the world's biggest slavemaster:

http ...
8-10-2019 at 11:12 PM
by: Jack_Campin
Mohammed Qassabji's "Zikrayat" music sheet {Fantastic}
I don't see any sheet music link in this thread
8-7-2019 at 02:06 PM
by: Jack_Campin
string material transitions through history
The bass string (on the other side of the fingerboard) is described in Yekta's book from about 1920.
7-25-2019 at 09:03 PM
by: Jack_Campin
Hi! some questions! (and about ouds for smaller women)
Try to find someone local with a Persian barbat and see if that fits? I think they're the smallest ...
7-18-2019 at 02:13 AM
by: Jack_Campin
3D-printed rosettes
Anybody tried 3D-printing oud rosettes, or the even more complicated rosettes for baroque guitars?
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6-23-2019 at 01:25 PM
by: Jack_Campin
Do resonator ouds exist?
I was playing the cümbüş in a pub last week and there was another guy there with a resona ...
6-10-2019 at 02:38 AM
by: Jack_Campin
Mabalo
Anybody got a score for this one? Rather a lot of it to pick up by ear in a hurry...

https://sou ...
5-30-2019 at 08:20 AM
by: Jack_Campin
Retunable electric ouds
I was thinking you'd use strings optimized for midway between Turkish and Arabic pitch (this level w ...
5-20-2019 at 12:09 AM
by: Jack_Campin
Retunable electric ouds
You don't have a soundboard to break on an electric oud.

Does that make it possible to retune bet ...
5-19-2019 at 06:37 AM
by: Jack_Campin
Unusual stringing situation
Used to be widespread. Yekta described it as the Turkish standard 100 years ago. My 1971 Syrian ou ...
5-13-2019 at 06:32 AM
by: Jack_Campin
Iraqi tuning?
[quote]I cannot give you examples of other instruments tuning which oud had to comply with since I h ...
5-6-2019 at 01:07 AM
by: Jack_Campin
Iraqi tuning?
Was the high tuning Targan's idea?

(I've got Targan's book of exercises - depressing to think tha ...
5-2-2019 at 03:56 AM
by: Jack_Campin
Darbuka/Bendir/riq loop percussions for oud taksims?
I downloaded the Greek rhythms years ago, the site may not exist any more. I think I got the link f ...
4-22-2019 at 01:58 PM
by: Jack_Campin
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